Anne Hidalgo’s secret plan to get re-elected | EUROtoday

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CHRONIC. The mayor of Paris is betting on the Olympic Games to make individuals neglect in regards to the works in Paris and the rise within the property tax.

By Christine Clerc

VShis is a historic date within the lifetime of Paris City Hall. Anne Hidalgo saved her phrase! By having the scooters evacuated. In the streets of the capital, they have been greater than 15,000 cluttering the sidewalks pell-mell and threatening pedestrians. They needs to be passed by Sunday. As 89% of the 103,000 Parisians who got here on April 2 to participate in a “citizen” referendum needed.

But there. Young scooter riders are offended. Zigzagging on sidewalks and in one-way streets, driving via crimson lights, that they had grown accustomed to ruling the town. As for his or her dad and mom, they’re livid: barely returned from trip, they obtain the exorbitant invoice of a property tax elevated by 50%, and even, calculates the elected LR Marie-Claire Carrè …